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"also called dipterex" Chinese-English Dictionary

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敌百虫 敵百蟲 dí bǎi chóng trichlorphon C4H8Cl3PO4, organic phosphate used as insecticide / also called dipterex syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
又名 yòu míng also known as / alternative name / to also be called
亦称 亦稱 yì chēng also known as / alternative name / to also be called
或称 或稱 huò chēng also called / also known as / a.k.a.
唢呐 嗩吶 suǒ nà suona, Chinese shawm (oboe), used in festivals and processions or for military purposes / also written 鎖吶|锁呐 / also called 喇叭[la3 ba5]
成则为王，败则为寇 成則為王，敗則為寇 chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom) / fig. losers are always in the wrong
直辖市 直轄市 zhí xiá shì municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city
武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn
青衣 qīng yī black clothes / servant (old) / young woman role in Chinese opera, also called 正旦[zheng4 dan4] syn
钓鱼岛 釣魚島 diào yú dǎo Diaoyu Islands, claimed by China but controlled by Japan as the Senkaku Islands, also called the Pinnacle Islands
金刚石 金剛石 jīn gāng shí diamond / also called 鑽石|钻石[zuan4 shi2] syn
西汉 西漢 xī hàn Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢|前汉[Qian2 Han4], Former Han Dynasty
连珠 連珠 lián zhū joined as a string of pearls / in rapid succession / alignment / Renju, a Japanese game, also called Gomoku or five-in-a-row syn
阿巴斯 ā bā sī Abbas (name) / Mahmoud Abbas (1935-), also called Abu Mazen, Palestinian leader, Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) from 2005
假借 jiǎ jiè to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan syn
辟邪 bì xié to ward off evil spirits / mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1])
西学 西學 xī xué Western learning (intellectual movement in the late Qing) / also called 洋務運動|洋务运动
贞德 貞德 zhēn dé Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English / also called Jehanne Darc, the Maid or Orleans, Joan of Arc or St Joan
刘伯温 劉伯溫 liú bó wēn Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1], with a reputation as a military genius, also called Liu Ji 劉基|刘基[Liu2 Ji1]
华埠 華埠 huá bù Chinatown / also called 唐人街[Tang2 ren2 jie1]
华严经 華嚴經 huá yán jīng Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school / also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra
石斑鱼 石斑魚 shí bān yú grouper (Portuguese: garoupa) / also called 鮨 / Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish family including grouper)
阿昌 ā chāng Achang also called Ngac'ang or Maingtha (ethnic group)
发菜 髮菜 fà cài long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae / also called faat choy or hair moss
腋臭 yè chòu body odor / bromhidrosis / armpit odor / underarm stink / also called 狐臭[hu2 chou4]
拜天地 bài tiān dì to worship heaven and earth / ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / also called 拜堂 syn
爱斯基摩人 愛斯基摩人 ài sī jī mó rén Eskimo / also called Inuit 因紐特|因纽特
银汉 銀漢 yín hàn Milky Way / also called 銀河|银河[Yin2 he2] syn
淫羊藿 yín yáng huò Epimedium, genus of herbaceous flowering plant, cultivated in the Far East as aphrodisiac / also called barrenwort or horny goatweed (said to resemble crushed goat's testicles)
宝瓶座 寶瓶座 bǎo píng zuò Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac) / also called 水瓶座
京胡 jīng hú jinghu, a smaller, higher-pitched erhu 二胡 (two-stringed fiddle) used to accompany Chinese opera / also called 京二胡
貉子 háo zi raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) / raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki) / also called 狸 syn
保安族 bǎo ān zú Bao'an, also called Bonan (ethnic group)
圣礼 聖禮 shèng lǐ Holy sacrament / Christian rite (esp. Protestant) / also called 聖事|圣事 by Catholics
蜀 shǔ short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1] province / one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国[San1 guo2] after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4], situated around what is now Sichuan province
麝 shè musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) / also called 香獐子 syn
羿 yì surname Yi / name of a legendary archer (also called 后羿[Hou4 Yi4]) syn
菟 tù dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds having medicinal uses) / also called 菟絲子|菟丝子
喾 嚳 kù one of the five legendary emperors, also called 高辛氏[Gao1 xin1 shi4]
苏州码子 蘇州碼子 sū zhōu mǎ zi Suzhou numerals, i.e. the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,〸 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine / also called 草碼|草码[cao3ma3]
假借字 jiǎ jiè zì loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan
西游记 西遊記 xī yóu jì "Journey to the West", Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩[Wu2 Cheng2 en1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, also called "Pilgrimage to the West" or "Monkey"
自治市 zì zhì shì municipality / autonomous city / also called directly administered city 直轄市|直辖市
中央直辖市 中央直轄市 zhōng yāng zhí xiá shì municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city
二氯苯胺苯乙酸钠 二氯苯胺苯乙酸鈉 èr lǜ běn àn běn yǐ suān nà diclofenac sodium (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller) / also called voltaren 扶他林
京二胡 jīng èr hú jing'erhu, a two-stringed fiddle intermediate in size and pitch between the jinghu 京胡 and erhu 二胡, used to accompany Chinese opera / also called 京胡
任安 rèn ān Ren An (-c. 90 BC), Han Dynasty general, also called Ren Shaoqing 任少卿
低速层 低速層 dī sù céng low velocity zone (seismology) / also called asthenosphere 軟流層|软流层[ruan3 liu2 ceng2]
光明节 光明節 guāng míng jié Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar) / also called 哈努卡節|哈努卡节 and simply 哈努卡
八二三炮战 八二三砲戰 bā èr sān pào zhàn bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
前汉 前漢 qián hàn Former Han dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 西漢|西汉[Xi1 Han4], Western Han dynasty
千鸟渊国家公墓 千鳥淵國家公墓 qiān niǎo yuān guó jiā gōng mù Chidori ga fuchi, national war cemetery in Tokyo / also called Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
反電子 fǎn diàn zǐ positron / also called 正電子|正电子[zheng4 dian4 zi3]
司马法 司馬法 sī mǎ fǎ “Methods of Sima”, also called “Sima Rangju’s Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], written by Sima Rangju 司馬穰苴|司马穰苴[Si1 ma3 Rang2 ju1]
吴王阖庐 吳王闔廬 wú wáng hé lú King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC) / also called 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾
吴王阖闾 吳王闔閭 wú wáng hé lǘ King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 / also called 吳王闔廬|吴王阖庐
哈努卡 hā nǔ kǎ Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar) / also called 光明節|光明节 and 哈努卡節|哈努卡节
天妇罗 天婦羅 tiān fù luó tempura / deep-fried cooking / also called 甜不辣[tian2 bu4 la4]
冈仁波齐 岡仁波齊 gāng rén bō qí Mt Gang Rinpoche in Tibet / also called Mount Kailash
捐血者 juān xuè zhě blood donor / also called 供血者
斯大林格勒会战 斯大林格勒會戰 sī dà lín gé lè huì zhàn Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943) / also called 斯大林格勒戰役|斯大林格勒战役
服他灵 服他靈 fú tā líng voltaren, a trade name for diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller / also called 扶他林
松辽平原 松遼平原 sōng liáo píng yuán Songliao Plain of northeast China including Songhua River 松花江 through the Liaoning Peninsula, also called the Northeast Plain 東北平原|东北平原[Dong1 bei3 Ping2 yuan2]
槚 檟 jiǎ Catalpa, a genus of mostly deciduous trees / old term for Camellia sinensis, the tea plant 茶 / also called Thea sinensis / small evergreen shrub (Mallotus japonicus)
正子 zhèng zǐ positron / also called 正電子|正电子[zheng4 dian4 zi3]
归谬法 歸謬法 guī miù fǎ reductio ad absurdum / arguing by contradiction / also called 反證法|反证法 syn
减压时间表 減壓時間表 jiǎn yā shí jiān biǎo decompression schedule (diving) / also called 減壓程序|减压程序[jian3 ya1 cheng2 xu4]
火奴鲁鲁 火奴魯魯 huǒ nú lǔ lǔ Honolulu, capital of Hawaii / also called 檀香山
毕尼奥夫带 畢尼奧夫帶 bì ní ào fū dài Benioff zone (geology) / also called Wadati-Benioff zone
异丁苯丙酸 異丁苯丙酸 yì dīng běn bǐng suān Ibuprofen or Nurofen / nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), trade names Advil, Motrin, Nuprin etc, used as analgesic and antipyretic, e.g. for arthritis sufferers / also called 布洛芬
圣事 聖事 shèng shì Holy sacrament / Christian rite (esp. Catholic) / also called 聖禮|圣礼 by Protestants
芸苔子 yún tái zǐ rape (Brassica campestris L.) / rapeseed plant / canola plant / a common vegetable with a dark green leaf / also called 油菜
苦集灭道 苦集滅道 kǔ jí miè dào the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4] / also called 四諦|四谛[si4 di4]
莰酮 kǎn tóng camphor C10H16O / also called 樟腦|樟脑
华严经大方广佛 華嚴經大方廣佛 huá yán jīng dà fāng guǎng fó Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school / also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra
蓝肤木 藍膚木 lán fū mù sumac (Rhus coriaria), east Mediterranean deciduous shrub with fruit used as spice / also called tanner's sumach or vinegar tree
赵括 趙括 zhào kuò Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国[Zhao4 Guo2], who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC / also called Ma Fuzi 馬服子|马服子[Ma3 Fu2 zi3]
迷惑龙 迷惑龍 mí huo lóng apatosaurus / former name: brontosaurus / also called 雷龍|雷龙[lei2 long2]
郑码 鄭碼 zhèng mǎ Zheng coding / original Chinese character coding based on component shapes, created by Zheng Yili 鄭易里|郑易里[Zheng4 Yi4 li3], underlying most stroke-based Chinese input methods / also called common coding 字根通用碼|字根通用码[zi4 gen1 tong1 yong4 ma3]
阖庐 闔廬 hé lú King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC) / also called 闔閭|阖闾
阖闾 闔閭 hé lǘ King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC) / also called 闔廬|阖庐
阿普吐龙 阿普吐龍 ā pǔ tǔ lóng apatosaurus / former name: brontosaurus / also called 雷龍|雷龙[lei2 long2]
陽電子 yáng diàn zǐ positron / also called 正電子|正电子[zheng4 dian4 zi3]
双氯灭痛 雙氯滅痛 shuāng lǜ miè tòng diclofenac painkiller / also called 扶他林
双氯芬酸钠 雙氯芬酸鈉 shuāng lǜ fēn suān nà diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller / also called voltaren 扶他林
马服子 馬服子 mǎ fú zǐ Ma Fuzi (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国[Zhao4 Guo2], who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC / also called Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4]
冯武 馮武 féng wǔ Feng Doubo or Feng Wu (1672-), calligrapher of the Ming-Qing transition / also called 馮竇伯|冯窦伯[Feng2 Dou4 bo2]
冯窦伯 馮竇伯 féng dòu bó Feng Doubo or Feng Wu (1672-), calligrapher of the Ming-Qing transition / also called 馮武|冯武[Feng2 Wu3]
高辛氏 gāo xīn shì one of the five legendary emperors, also called 嚳|喾[Ku4]
白汤 白湯 bái tāng clear soup / white broth, also called 奶湯|奶汤[nai3 tang1] / decoction of chrysanthemum, liquorice and certain other herbs
东北平原 東北平原 dōng běi píng yuán Northeast Plain, also called the Manchurian Plain
阳电子 陽電子 yáng diàn zǐ positron / also called 正電子|正电子[zheng4 dian4 zi3]
反电子 反電子 fǎn diàn zǐ positron / also called 正電子|正电子[zheng4 dian4 zi3]
艾叶油 艾葉油 ài yè yóu mugwort leaf oil (TCM) / also called wormwood leaf oil / Oleum folii Artemisiae argyi
坠胡 墜胡 zhuì hú two-stringed bowed instrument / also called 墜琴|坠琴[zhui4 qin2]
大方广佛华严经 大方廣佛華嚴經 dà fāng guǎng fó huá yán jīng Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school / also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra
核四 hé sì Fourth Nuclear Power Plant near New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan / also called Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant
椰子猫 椰子貓 yē zi māo Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called toddy cat
亚洲绶带 亞洲綬帶 yà zhōu shòu dài (bird species of China) Asian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) / also called 壽帶|寿带[shou4 dai4]
木球 mù qiú cricket (ball game) / also called 板球[ban3 qiu2]
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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